Jeremiah was commanded to tell the people of God everything and not to omit anything. They weren't going to like it, and there is an example of another person who was killed for saying the same things. Yet Jeremiah was faithful.
Why? Why would God put Jeremiah in danger? The answer is in verse three, where God says perhaps they will listen. We do know that some did, though most did not. God was willing to put his man in a place of danger to save those few. Why, because God isn't willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9). Time after time, God is willing to send his prophets to save the few. Paul himself said he did what he did so that he might save some (1 Corinthians 9:18-24). Jesus came not to save the many, because according to his own words, only a few would find the way of salvation (Matthew 7:14).
If God himself and the prophets in this place, why should we expect something else?
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